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This article contains lists of official candidates associated with the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election.. In accordance with the 22nd Amendment, incumbent President George W. Bush was prohibited from running for president in 2008, having served two full terms in the office.
From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Republican Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator John McCain of Arizona was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Republican National Convention held from Monday, September 1, through Thursday, September 4, 2008, in Saint Paul ...
The 2008 Republican primaries were the selection processes by which the Republican Party selected delegates to attend the 2008 Republican National Convention. The series of primaries , caucuses , and state conventions culminated in the National Convention which was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota , September 1–4, 2008, where the delegates voted ...
Although Guam has no votes in the Electoral College, it has held a straw poll for its presidential preferences since 1980. In 2008, their ballot included Barr, McCain, and Obama. On July 10, 2008, the Guam legislature passed a law moving that poll forward to gain notoriety for Guam's election. [63] The legislation was eventually vetoed. [64]
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska.
As of February 5, 2008, Paul had won sixteen delegates to his party's National Convention, placing him last among the four Republican candidates still in the race at that time. [10] The campaign projected on February 6 to have secured at least 42 delegates to the national convention. [ 11 ]
He then announced his formal candidacy for the presidency of the United States and in turn, his intention to seek the nomination of the Republican Party for the 2008 presidential election, shortly after noon in Prescott Park on the waterfront of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. In his announcement, McCain emphasized that ...
January 22 – Fred Thompson drops out of the Republican race. [160] The Louisiana Republican caucus is won by the "pro-life uncommitted" slate. [161] January 24 – A Republican presidential debate is held at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. [162] Dennis Kucinich drops out of the Democratic race. [163]